New Fatwa allows transgender marriage

A transgender person with “visible signs of being a male” may marry a woman and vice versa for a transgender having “visible signs of being a female”, said the fatwa issued by a little-known religious body on Sunday.

However, it also mentioned that a transgender person with “visible signs of both genders” may not marry anyone.

It said that robbing transgender of their share in inheritance was unlawful, adding that parents who deny their transgender children of inheritance were actually “inviting the wrath of God”.

In this matter, the clerics also called upon the government to take action against such unfair parents.

The fatwa while addressing common societal approaches towards transgenders termed ‘haraam’ (forbidden) an act that intends to “insult, tease, or humiliate” them.